The Latter-day Saints' MILLENNIAL STAR. No. 8. OCTOBER 1, 1845. VOL. VI. RATIONALITY OF THE ATONEMENT. A Pamphlet has lately made its appearance in Glasgow, published by a member of our church holding the office of priest, containing 28 pages, headed "A Treatise on the Atonement, proving the necessity of Christ's Death for Man's Redemption neither scriptural nor reasonable. By T. S. Barr." We are sorry to be under the necessity of occupying our time and pages in noti- cing a pamphlet bearing such an introduction ...

RATIONALITY OF THE ATONEMENT. only a theme on which the ancient prophets and servants of God delighted to dwell, but the main spring of all their hopes, and the source from which they drew strength and support, when called to pass through trials of an overwhelming nature; to sub- stantiate which we will make a few quotations from scripture. The apostle Paul, after treating at some length on the faith with which the ancient worthies were endowed, speaks of Moses refusing the honours which Pharaoh's

RATIONALITY OF THE ATONEMENT. form this task, being pure, holy, and unspotted; and that he was the individual appointed to accomplish this, is fully substantiated by the testimony of John con- cerning him—"Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world" —John i. 29—that "As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." —1 Corinthians xv. 22. The next step taken by the author is to prove ...

RATIONALITY OF THE ATONEMENT. yea, the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world; and I saw and bear record. And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross, and slain for the sins of the world."—Page 23. "And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time that he may redeem the chil- dren of men from the fall. And, because that they are redeemed from the fall, they have become free for ever."—Page 66 ...

RATIONALITY OF THE ATONEMENT. other name given, nor any other way, nor means, whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ the Lord Omnipotent. For, behold, he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the infant perisheth not that dieth in his infancy: but now men drink damnation to their own souls except they humble themselves, and become as little children, and be- lieve that salvation was, and is, and is to come in and through the atoning blood of Christ the Lord Omnipotent.—

RATIONALITY OF THE ATONEMENT. "And it came to pass that he stretched forth his hand and spake unto the people, saying: Behold, I am Jesus Christ, of whom the prophets testified shall come into the world, and behold I am the light and the life of the world, and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning."—

PRESIDENT YOUNG'S SPEECH. whereby the spirits and bodies of men are re-united, the spirits of the just receive an exaltation in the presence of God and the Lamb—in the same tabernacles in which they toiled, laboured, and suffered while on the earth, without which union it is impossible for the souls of men to receive a fulness of glory. There is a glory connected with this, that will be an eternal source of joy to every citizen of the celestial kingdom. The spirits, on the other hand, of those who reject the